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My guest today is Chris Ducker,\xa0a serial entrepreneur and author of the bestseller, \u201cVirtual Freedom\u201d, and more recently, \u201cRise of the Youpreneur\u201d.\xa0He owns and operates several businesses, that combined house over 400 full-time employees internationally. He\u2019s also a trusted international business mentor, keynote speaker, podcaster, blogger, as well as the founder of Youpreneur.com - the leading personal brand business education company in the world.

The topic is his book Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• The definition of virtual freedom
• How Ducker came from the cubicle originally, and how he got to be the location independent entrepreneur he is now
• How Ducker became a \u201cvirtual CEO\u201d
• The idea of a \u201csuperhero syndrome\u201d
• The idea of a virtual, international staff
• The process of finding a VA (virtual assistant)
• The two types of outsourcing
• Hiring for the role--not for the task
• Text, audio, and video communication
• Tim Ferriss and the four-hour work week
• Developing a location independent lifestyle

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